The most mind-blowing portable speaker of 2024 is now cheaper, and finally coming to the UK too

• Absolutely ridiculous bass from thing truthful small
• Now $100 cheaper astatine $499, and disposable connected Amazon
• UK readiness earlier nan extremity of 2024

When we reviewed nan Brane X portable speaker earlier this year, we were blown distant – and we mean that literally, because nan magnitude of bass it emits is "borderline unbelievable". It's nan size of a toaster but kicks for illustration a location theatre subwoofer.

That powerfulness came pinch a premium value and wasn't disposable extracurricular nan US (and moreover successful nan US it was often wait-listed), but we've sewage bully news: not only is nan Brane coming down successful price, but it's besides coming to nan UK too, and will mostly beryllium easier to bargain owed arsenic it becomes disposable connected Amazon. And it'll beryllium rolling retired globally adjacent year.

If you're not acquainted pinch Brane, that's because it's a marque caller audio institution and this is its first speaker. And that bass is courtesy of thing that Brane calls RAD.

What’s truthful RAD astir nan Brane X speaker

RAD stands for Repel-Attract Driver, and it's Brane's sanction for its subwoofer system: it uses an other magnet array to cancel retired aerial unit wrong nan speaker enclosure, meaning that a existent subwoofer tin fresh successful a overmuch smaller enclosure. That intends large bass from a comparatively mini container that looks perfectly normal until you move it up and make everything astir you vibrate.

The Brane X has ever been a beardown campaigner to beryllium 1 of nan best portable speakers, but astatine $599 (around £475 / AU$915) it was besides 1 of nan much costly options, and difficult to buy. But according to Brane, "manufacturing and scaling breakthroughs" mean that nan patient has been capable to driblet that by $100, truthful you're now looking astatine a much affordable $499 (about £386 / AU$758). And galore rivals do costs more, specified arsenic nan Bang & Olufsen Beosound A5 astatine $1,099 / £899 / AU$1,950.

For now nan Brane X remains US only, but it'll beryllium rolling retired globally adjacent twelvemonth and coming to nan UK "very soon" – we couldn't get an nonstop date, but apparently earlier nan extremity of 2024. Which is bully news for UK euphony fans and not truthful bully for their neighbors.

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